Dambudzo Marechera A Source Book on His Life and Work

"THIS VOLUME IS NOT MERELY THE GROUNDWORK FOR A BIOGRAPHY, BUT IS THE THING ITSELF."--CHOICE. "...THE MOST COMPREHENSIVE STUDY TO DATE OF DAMBUDZO MARECHERA, ZIMBABWE'S MOST CONTROVERSIAL WRITER...AN INVALUABLE RESOURCE FOR ANYONE INTERESTED IN THE GENERATION OF ZIMBABWEANS WHO GREW UP UNDER THE SMITH REGIME, EXPERIENCED THE LONELINESS OF EXILE, & RETURNED TO TASTE THE BITTER FRUITS OF INDEPENDENCE."--AFRICA TODAY. "...IT WILL LONG BE THE MAJOR SOURCE FOR ALL STUDENTS OF MARECHERA & IS A LASTING TRIBUTE TO HIM BY A LOVING & CARING FRIEND."--AFRICA TODAY. This documentary reader offers a well-researched portrait of the man & his contextbased on his own words & the writings of other scholars & reviewers. From the pen of Marechera are critical essays, extracts from letters, autobiographical material & diary notes, as well as several previously unpublished short stories & poems. Complementing this "self-portrait," are appraisals of his work by various critics, press reports, reviews & extracts from obituaries & tributes. This array of primary & secondary sources, gleaned from largely inaccessible publications & archives, provide a complex overview of this African intellectual. (DOCUMENTARY RESEARCH IN AFRICAN WRITTEN LITERATURE, 2)Veit-Wild, Flora is the author of 'Dambudzo Marechera A Source Book on His Life and Work' with ISBN 9780905450971 and ISBN 0905450973.